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Zimbabwean deportees jump off moving buses

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A TOTAL of 49 Zimbabweans, believed to be mostly ex-convicts, jumped off moving buses as they were being deported from South Africa by road on Thursday morning. The...

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Dates set for hearing of suspended heads

Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter SUSPENDED Milton High school headmaster William Ncube and his deputy Nosizi Muleya are set for a disciplinary hearing on January 18 next year. Ncube and Muleya...

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BCC slashes vending bay rentals

Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo City council has reduced vending bay rentals in residential areas by 50 percent to encourage informal traders to take them up. The local authority is...

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VPs hail First Lady for uniting Zanu-PF

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter— VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday paid tribute to the First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe for uniting the party through her tour of the country’s provinces,...

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Hunger grips rural Masvingo

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent SCORES of villagers in Chief Maranda’s area in Mwenezi are surviving on wild fruits as hunger stalks the driest district in Masvingo. Mwenezi District...

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Soul brothers new lead vocalist releases solo

Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent South Africa’s Thokozani Hadebe who replaced late lead vocalist David Masondo, has released a solo album Hamb’ubuye. The 12-track album released in South Africa...

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Vic Falls Xmas cheer fund targets $10,000

Adelaide Moyo Chronicle Reporter THE Victoria Falls Municipality has set a target of $10,000 for the 2015 Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Fund. The local authority maintained last year’s target which it failed...

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Ibumba Festival roars to Life

Showbiz Correspondent The Ibumba International Arts festival roars to life tomorrow in Bulawayo with over 40 theatre, music and dance shows taking place during the week-long fete. Now in its 7th...

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Work to repair Nkomo statue begins

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THE National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) has started repairing pillars around the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue, which were knocked down by motorists....

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Wadyajena granted $800 bail

Justice Mayor Wadyajena Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena who was arrested in Victoria Falls on Saturday soon after the 15th Zanu-PF People’s Conference...

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Chinese billonaire expected in Byo

William Ding Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter CHINESE billionaire William Ding is expected in Bulawayo today to attend the Local Government Economic Development Forum 2015. William, also called Ding Lei,...

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Pensioners sleep in bank queues

Pensioners queue to withdraw their cash at a Bulawayo bank yesterday Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent PENSIONERS have resorted to sleeping in bank queues after the government reportedly failed to...

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Special fund for mining, agric value addition to be established

Davis Marapira Harare Bureau THE government is set to establish a special fund for value addition in agriculture and mining following a resolution to do so at the just-ended Zanu-PF 15th National...

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Security guard murdered in $600 filling station robbery

The FSI Service Station on the outskirts of Gweru that was robbed on Saturday Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Reporter A GANG armed with iron bars assaulted a security guard at FSI Service Station on the...

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Beer binge wife basher jailed

Adelaide Moyo Chronicle Reporter A 41-YEAR-OLD man from Victoria Falls allegedly beat up his wife and left her for dead. Isaac Banda bashed his wife Atalia Tshuma, 53, after accusing her of being a...

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Tongaat Hullet turns to State for strike resolution

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent SUGAR CANE giant Tongaat Hullet whose workers have been on strike for three weeks now demanding a salary increase, has engaged the Ministry of Public Service,...

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Fear grips Tsholotsho after decomposed body found

Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter A decomposing body of a Tsholotsho man was found in a hut whose door was secured from outside with a piece of barbed wire. Villagers told The Chronicle they suspected...

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Mr Ugly Africa to be held in SA

Award-winning contemporary musician, Jah Prayzah is set to cement his dominance on the local music scene with the release of Jerusarema DVD on Saturday. The artiste who is fresh from yet another...

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Cassper Nyovest lashes out at SA Hip Hop awards

Cassper Nyovest, the Drama King, was close to tears during an interview with Vuzu as he complained about how the South African Hip Hop Awards were not acknowledging his hard work. Rappers AKA and Riky...

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Zim shoppers flock to SA

Mashudu Netsianda in Beitbridge Senior Reporter THE number of travellers who left the country through Beitbridge Border Post shot to a record 295,623 in the past 10 days as scores of people, mostly...

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